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PARKINSON RECEIPTno. 11960
27 Oct 2026, 13:27 UTCdopamine neurons, braak
predictionSLCO4A1 in dopamine neurons tracks Braak Lewy-body stage
registered34c78c5926cb231e
discovery-0.06 p=0.873 n=9
replication-0.47 p=0.204 n=9
neededp < 0.05 twice, same sign
no effect in discovery (spearman rho -0.06, p 0.873)
dataVolpato et al. 2025, ventral substantia nigra (18 donors)
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receipt 11960: SLCO4A1 in dopamine neurons, braak
- power
- full sample -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18), 95% CI -0.66 to +0.22. the interval is wide: not enough donors to tell.
- confounder
- adjusted for sex: -0.28 (p 0.254, n 18). does not hold up.
- composition
- dopamine neurons share of nuclei vs axis +0.05 (p 0.854); controlling for it: -0.46 (p 0.057, n 18). could be the mix.
- skeptic
- leave-one-out range -0.40 to -0.18, sign flips 0; without severely affected donors -0.27 (p 0.273, n 18). fragile.
- cell type
- no other cell group does better.
- axis
- no measure beats "tracks Braak Lewy-body stage" for SLCO4A1 in dopamine neurons.
case closed: nothing better to follow up.